Dominique Rocheteau

Dominique Rocheteau (1979)

Dominique Rocheteau (born January 14, 1955 in Saintes ) is a former French football player.

Club career

The winger Rocheteau began his career in 1972 at AS Saint-Étienne , one of the top clubs of the 1970s . His first game as a professional, he played in the 1973/74 season, where he at first French champion was, however, as in the title defense the following season - and not with the two cup victories of Stéphanois 1974 and 1975 - did not belong to the starting eleven . He only succeeded in 1975/76 when the “Greens” ( Les Verts ) from Saint-Étienne won their third title in a row. During this time he was nicknamed "The Green Angel" by fans and the press. His greatest success in those years was reaching the final of the European Cup against Bayern Munich in 1976 , which the French club lost 1-0. He also made his debut in the national team in 1975.

In 1980 he moved to the capital club Paris Saint-Germain , with whom he was again French champion in 1986 and also twice cup winners (1982 and 1983). From 1987 to 1989 he played for two years at FC Toulouse until the end of his active career .

Although Rocheteau shone through his cross runs and assists, he was also extremely dangerous. He ranked high in the French scorer list of Division 1 several times: 1978/79 in 4th place (21 hits), 1980/81 place 7 (16), 1984/85 place 6 (15), 1985/86 place 2 (19) . He has also played a total of 32 European games and scored 6 goals (21/3 for Saint-Étienne, 11/3 for PSG).

Stations

• AS Saint-Étienne (1972–1980)
• Paris Saint-Germain (1980–1987)
• Toulouse FC (1987-1989)

National player

Between September 1975 and June 1986 Dominique Rocheteau played 49 international matches for the French national football team (16 as a player from Saint-Étienne, 33 from PSG) and scored 15 goals. With the Equipe Tricolore he qualified for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina , where a young generation of French football players - e. B. like his club colleague Michel Platini or Patrick Battiston and Didier Six - first attracted attention. Rocheteau became a regular player at this World Cup under coach Michel Hidalgo and was also four years later at the 1982 World Cup in Spain , when France advanced to the semi-finals and was only very unlucky to be eliminated from penalties against Germany .

In 1984 he also won a title with Les Bleus when France became European champions . He played his third World Cup in Mexico in 1986 : France made it to the semi-finals again, where it was eliminated again by Germany . For Rocheteau, after the quarter-finals against Brazil, it was over and his international career ended.

Palmarès

• French champion : 1974, 1975, 1976 (with Saint-Étienne), 1986 (with Paris Saint-Germain)
• French cup winner : 1974, 1975 (with Saint-Étienne), 1982, 1983 (with Paris Saint-Germain)
• European Champion Clubs' Cup : Finalist 1976
• 49 international caps, 15 goals
• European champion in 1984 and third in 1986
• three times World Cup participant (1978–1986), 9 games and 4 goals